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FRANK M. SPAULDING, OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO EDVARD S.MAYFIELD, OF SAME PLACE.

ALIGNER FOR TYPE-WRITING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 481,513, dated August23, 1892.

Application filed December 11, 1891. Serial No. 414,750. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: surface of a type-writer, so as to bring theBe it known that I, FRANK M. SPAULDING, center lines If t of my devicein the center of a citizen of the United States, residing att-hetype-writer, and it is then clamped orfas- Kalamazoo, in the county ofKalamazoo and tenedtothetype-writerbymeans of thehooked 5 State ofMichigamhave invented certain new rods E E. By screwing up the knurlednuts and useful Improvements in Aligners for n nthe type are thenaligned up and adjusted Type-\Vriting Machines, of which the followbythrowing up one type at a time and giving ing is a specification. theknurled disk A a half-turn, which will My invention relates to a deviceby the force the plungers or clamps a a toward each 10 means of whichthe type in a type-writer may other, forming a vice or clamp in thecenter be properly aligned and adjusted. I attain of tube D, as shown inFig. 1, the type being these effects by the mechanism illustrated inthus fastened or clamped in the center of the the accompanying drawings,in which type-writer. The screw holding the other end Figure 1 is a planview of the entire mechof the type-arm, to which it is fastened,is thenr 5 anism, with the rods broken to save space in loosened, allowing thetype-arm to springinto length. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section place,and then the screw holding the typethrough the center of Fig. 1. arm istightened, thereby securing the type- Similarletters refertosimilar-parts througharm in proper position. The knurled disk A out bothviews. in my device is then turned back, thus forc- 20 B is a rod orwire bent or offset near each ing the plungers a, a apart, loosening thetype end, as shown at M, Fig. 2. so that it will strike exactly in thecenter, 0 is tubing flattened so as to form a housand so on with therest of the type around ing between rods B B. the circle of thetypewriter, and then my dea a are two clamps or plungers so arrangedvice can be taken off by unscrewing the 25 as to play back and forth inthe housing or knurled nuts 07, n, and the type in the typespace formedby B B and O O. writer will be found in perfect alignment.

Ais knurled disk with slots 6 e so arranged Having described myinvention, what I as to form a double cam with a round hole in claim,and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, the center to form a bearing torotate upon. is 0 i i are two screws or pins passing through 1. Thecombination,in atype-writer aligner, the slots 6 e in the knurled diskA; also of a plurality of clamp-plungers connected through the slots o oin the housingC O, and with the same cam or slotted disk, and by screwedor fastened in the plungers a a. which they are given a movement awayfrom E E is a rod or wire threaded at one end or toward each other whenthe cam or slotted 35 and bent so as to form a hook at the other, asdisk is operated, substantially as set forth.

shown at y in Fig. 2. 2. The combination,inatype-writer aligner, n n isa knurled nut threaded so as to fit of a plurality of clamp-plungersconnected the threaded end of E E. with the same cam or slotted disk,and by D is a square tube fastened to the upper which they are given amovement away from 0 0 surface of the housing 0 O and rods B B, the ortoward each other when the cam or slotted four corners formingabearingfor the knurled disk is operated, and means, substantially as disk A torotate upon. described, whereby the clamp-plungers are t t are two smallwires stretched taut across guided back and forth, for the purpose setthe lower end of tube D and atright angles forth. 5 to form a centerline each way. 3. The combination,inatype-writer aligner, Havingdescribed the lettered parts of my of a plurality of clamp-plungersconnected drawings, I will next describe the Working of with the samecam or disk, with two screws my invention, so that others skilled in theart or pins by which they are given a movement to which it appertainsmay be able to make, away from or toward each other when the cam 50 use,or operate it. or slotted disk is operated, and means, sub- My device isfirst placed upon the upper stantially as set forth, whereby theclampplungers are guided back and forth and held hooked rods havingknurled nuts for the purin position, for the purpose set forth. pose offastening the frame and device to the 4. The combination,inatype-writeraligner, type-writer, substantially as set forth. of clamp-plungers, acam or slotted disk, guide FRANK M. SPAULDING. 5 and housing for theolainp-plungers, two rods \Vitnesses:

or wires passing through the housing to form JOHN E. CROSE, a frame andsupport for the device, and two DAVID C. NORDEMAKER.

